Creating Community Leaders

In this article, we will explain how to create community leaders in Wisr. 

Note: A user does not need to be an admin in order to manage a community.

Quick How-To Video

This video demonstrates promoting a user to become a Community Leader, so they can manage a community in Wisr.

Adding Community Leaders

Promoting a user to become a Community Leader enables them to manage a community in Wisr without having admin-level permissions. This will allow them to manage posts, members, files, events, the About section, and the header image for community. 

Take these steps to add a community leader:

1. Visit the community you're working on in your member site, and select the Members tab. 
2. Locate the member you'd like to promote, and click the down arrow on the View Profile button. 
3. Select Promote to leader. The user will now be able to manage the community. 

Tip: Use the @ Mentions feature to tag your community leaders directly in the About section of your communities so that members can easily contact the appropriate person with questions.

Removing Community Leaders

Removing Community Leader status will make it so that the user is no longer able to manage the community. 

Take these steps to remove leader status:

1. Visit the community you're working on in your member site, and select the Members tab. 
2. Locate the member for whom you'd like change leader status, and click the down arrow on the View Profile button. 
3. Select Remove leader status.